Mud-guard for bicycles



0. L. & A. L. SEAQUEST'.

(No Model.)

MUD GUARD FOR BIOYOLES.

Patented June 21,1898.

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT 'Onricn.

CHARLES L. SEAQUEST AND ALFRED L. SEAQUEST, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

MUD-GUARD FOR BICYCLES.

SPE(JIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 606,091, dated. June21, 1898.

Application filed November 27,1897- serial N 660,005. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that we, CHARLES L. SEAQUEST and ALFRED L. SEAQUEST, ofPortland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have inventeda new and Improved Mud- Guard for Bicycles, of which the following isafull, clear, and exact description.

This invention is a mud-guard designed to be applied to the axles ofbicycle-wheels and to reach to the rear peripheries of the wheels, so asto keep the mud from flying up against the rider; and the invention isparticularly characterized by a very simple and staunch constructionwhich makes the guard highly effective and at the same time easy toproduce and manipulate.

This specification is the disclosure of several forms of our invention,While the claims define the actual scope of the invention. Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bicycle having our improvementapplied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the invention. Fig. 3is a fragmentary view showing the action of the parts of the invention.Fig. 4c is an enlarged perspective of a detail to be hereinafterdescribed, and Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevations of modifiedconstructions of the invention.

Each wheel is provided with a mud-guard and each mudguard comprises "alength of wire a bent at the point I) and provided at said bend with arubber web 0, thatforms the guard proper, being arranged to lie incontact with the periphery of the wheel, so as to guard the rider frommud. Each end of the length of wire a is provided with an inwardly-bentportion (Z, and adjacent to each end of the wire a the wire is providedwith an indenta- Firmly connected with each arm of the wire a atapproximately the middle of each arm is a short length of wire f, theremaining or free end of which is bent upward to form a portion g,matching with the portion (Z of the wire a. Each wire f has anindentation 7L, matching with the indentations e. The wires f and a areheld in the positions shown in Fig. 2 by means of links it, which fitreinovably in the'indentations 7L and e.

The bent ends (Z and g are held by means of clips Z, which are formed ofsheets of metal bent at intermediate points and tubulated at said pointsto receive the parts (Z and g. The clips Z are provided with orificesthrough which projected portions of the axles of the wheels may pass.The clips are arranged in each guard, one on each side of thecorresponding wheel, and held securely and rigidly in place by means ofnuts screwing on the axles and bearing against the clips. Fig. 1 showsthe position of the clips relatively to the wheels, it being understoodthat the arms of the wire a embrace the wheel and lie one on each sidethereof, so as to coincide with the location of the clips Z.

The parts may be readily connected and disconnected for placing anddisplacing the guard in the manner shown in Fig. 3-that is to say, byremoving the links 7t from the recesses c and h, whereupon the wires aand f may be sprung apart, so that their ends (Z and g will bedisconnected from the clips Z. This permits the mud-guard to be removedfrom the wheel and placed'thereon whenever desired. The clips Z areintended to remain always rigidly on the wheel, so that the otherportions of the guard may be connected and disconnected when desired.

The mud-guard at the front of the bicycle is provided with clips Z, asshown in Fig. 4:. These clips are adapted to bear against thesteering-fork of the bicycle, and to facilitate the rigid attachment ofthe clips and prevent sagging thereof the clips are provided each withan elongated slot Z and alug'Z The slot Z of each clip receives the axleand permits the adjustment of the clip, while the lug Z bearing againstthe steering-fork, as Fig. 4 indicates, prevents the clip from turningon the axle and thus permitting the displacement of the guard.

The members f and a, if desired, may be integral parts of a single pieceof wire, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which event they will bepermanently attached to the clips Z, and the links 70 may be employed ordispensed with, as found desirable.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as newand desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A mud-guard having a length of wire bent at anintermediate point, a web attached to the wire adjacent to said bend andforming the mu dguard proper, two additional wires respectivelyconnected with the arms of the firstnamed wire, a link embracing each ofsaid additional wires and each arm of the first-named wire, and twoclips each having a tubular portion, and each end of the first-namedwire and the free ends of the second-named wires being bent transverselyto fit into said tubular portions.

2. A mud-guard for wheels havinga member capable of running around eachside of the wheel and provided at its outer end with a guard proper, anadditional member 1nou11ted to swing on each side of the first-namedmember at the inner end thereof, a link embracing each of saidadditional members and also embracing the adjacent side of thefirstnamed member to hold said parts together,

and a clip engaging the free and inner end of each of said additionalmembers andalso engaging each side of the first-named member to supportthe mud-guard.

3. In a mudguard for wheels, the combination of two clips adapted to besupported adjacent to the axle of the Wheel, a member capable ofextending around each side of the wheel and having each of its innerends held by one of the clips, a guard proper carried at the outer endof said member, and two additional members carried respectively by thesides of the first-named member and extending downwardly and inwardly toengage the respective clips.

CHARLES L; SEAQUEST. ALFRED L. SEAQUEST. Witnesses:

W. G. MASTERS, O. C. Mnnnicli.

